Not sure if bad enough for sleep regression?

About a month ago my little one was sleeping 9-5am then he has been hit with scopula of colds which seen him not eating and waking every 2-3 hours. Now the colds have past and he is well again but now waking every 4 hours. 1am then again at 5am. I’m not sure if this is sleep regression as he turned 4months last week or just habits from after the cold as it doesn’t sound as bad as other babies for regression. I just give him a breast feed and then he goes to sleep again although he is harder to settle than before, needs a few attempts to be put down but nothing terrible. I just don’t know if I should stop the feeding as don’t want to encourage the habit but if it’s a case it will pass in time then happy to ride it out. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Comments (3)

Hello aw sorry to hear ur bubs has been poorly... I guess everyone will have a different perspective on this but I just think it’s normal for babies to want more milk in the night at some points and less at others...and u never know if they’re teething or having a growth spurt or fighting off a cold so they’d need the calories/comfort/vitamins. I think sleep always gets a bit better then a bit worse and it goes up & down like that!

My LO (little one) slept through the night for about 3 nights about a month or so ago then started waking again. I tried not to feed him and instead tried cuddling him but he wanted the milk and I found trying to do other things made him more awake and harder to settle where as if I just give the milk straight away he goes right off to sleep after. As PP (previous poster) said he is still young and prob still needs it xx

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